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K , or k , is the eleventh letter of the English alphabet.
K may also refer to:
General uses
K (programming language) , an array processing language developed by Arthur Whitney and commercialized by Kx Systems
K (cider) , a British draft cider manufactured and distributed by the Gaymer Cider Company of Bath, England
K band (disambiguation)
K computer , a Japanese supercomputer
K-factor (disambiguation) , several unrelated terms in physics, engineering, telecommunications and chess
Vitamin K , a group of vitamins that are needed to promote blood coagulation
Kappa (Κ) (Greek alphabet)
Ka (Cyrillic) (К) (Cyrillic alphabet)
Chrysler K platform , 1981–1995 car design used by Chrysler
Low-K , the dielectric constant in semiconductors, electronics, and physics
K–12 education , a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education, used mainly in North America
K, a prefix for
North American call signs used by most broadcast stations in the US west of the Mississippi River
K College , in Tonbridge, Kent
People
In fiction and literature
Books
Films and TV
Characters
K, the protagonist of Franz Kafka's 1926 novel
The Castle
K, a character in the manga and anime
Gravitation
K, the main character in the novel by the same name by
Bernardo Kucinski
K, the main character in the TV series Robotto Keiji (
Robot Detective )
K, Todd and Riley's adoptive superspy mother on the Disney program
The Replacements
K, the protagonist played by John Abraham in
No Smoking
K, a character in Natsume Soseki's novel
Kokoro
K, a character in the visual novel
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
K′ , also known as "K Dash" or "K Prime", a King of Fighters character
Agent K , the character played by Tommy Lee Jones in Men in Black , Men in Black II , and Men in Black 3
Joseph K., the protagonist of Kafka's 1925 novel,
The Trial
K, the main character in the 2017 film
Blade Runner 2049
Dr. K, the character in
Power Rangers RPM
Other
In mathematics
In music
K., abbreviation for
Ralph Kirkpatrick ’s chronological catalogue of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas
K., abbreviation for the
Köchel catalogue , chronological catalogue of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
K Records , independent record company based in Olympia, Washington
Albums
Songs
In politics
As a symbol or abbreviation
k, from Latin kilo, for
1000 (number)
K,
ketamine , a street abbreviation for a recreational drug
K,
Kyocera 's mobile phones in Japan
K, a
strikeout in baseball scorekeeping
K, a contract in
legal shorthand
k, a
voiceless velar plosive in the International Phonetic Alphabet
K, key color (i.e., black) in the
CMYK color model , especially for printing
k, abbreviation of
okay , commonly used in instant messaging, or in S.M.S. messages
K, the
construction point of a ski jumping hill
k, a shorthand for a
knighthood in the British honours system
K, the ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange for the
Kellogg Company
K, abbreviation of gridiron football position
Kicker (also known as placekicker)
Unit
k, symbol of the
kilo- prefix in the SI and other systems of unit that denotes multiples of 1000
K,
kelvin , the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature
K (upper case), informal abbreviation for
kibibyte or 1024 bytes (symbol: kiB or kB or KB)
k (lower case), informal abbreviation for
kilobyte or 1000 bytes (symbol: kB)
k, informal abbreviation for
kibibit (symbol: kb or kib or Kb or kbit or kibit or Kbit) 1024 bits
k, informal abbreviation for
kilobit (symbol: kb or kbit) 1000 bits
k or K, abbreviation for
kilometre (SI symbol: km) (especially in measured-distance sports, e.g. "10K run")
k or K, abbreviation for
kilohm (symbol; kΩ), a measure of resistance in electronics
In the natural sciences
In the physical sciences
Potassium , symbol K, a chemical element
k ,
angular wavenumber of a wave
k ,
wavevector of a wave
K, the symbol that represents a
kaon in particle physics
k , the
spring constant in Hooke's law relating deformation (strain) and force applied (stress) to a material body
k or k B , the
Boltzmann constant , the physical constant relating energy and temperature at the particle level
κ
{\displaystyle \kappa }
or K ,
relative static permittivity (dielectric constant)
k e , the
Coulomb constant
K ,
equilibrium constant
k ,
thermal conductivity
k , the
Gaussian gravitational constant
k , often used for some
proportionality constant
Military and guns
Kilo , the military time zone code for UTC+10:00
Operation K , a Japanese World War II naval operation
The K Project , a series of five nuclear tests by the Soviet Union
Swedish K , a submachine gun
AK-47 , an assault rifle
Transportation
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